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• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 19 July 2006

Certainly my perception is that the LSC has failed to encourage a breadth of skills training, and that's why we have this deficit in the building trade. Joiners, plumbers, they are all Europeans coming in and filling these jobs, and the indigenous population in young people leaving schools are not getting a chance because they do not have the skills and there is somehow no way that they can get the training. So, I am afraid, this is very true and I see this all the time in my constituencies. There is, actually, a wonderful life for people who have...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 19 July 2006

What I wanted to ask about is the skills shortage that there is in London, and, Mr Ross, you touched on that at the very start of this meeting. There are whole areas of skills in the building trade which we do not have any longer, and so, therefore, people from Europe are walking into jobs here instead of the indigenous population. What I was going to suggest to the Mayor, now he is in charge of the Learning and Skills Board and stuff, and the new strategy, why do we not think of going back to the apprenticeship scheme...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Thank you very much. I am going to ask this question about hidden cost and also a capacity issue for the whole of London, not just east London. I wonder whether, in fact, you have been in discussion with London NHS as to capacity, and how it could bear an influx of a huge number of people. There will be people who will be ill; there will be people who will have accidents. Now, London's hospitals carry a very, very high bed occupancy, with hardly any spare room. Are you discussing this problem with London NHS?

• Reference: 2004/0334-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What tangible benefits will the residents of Wandsworth receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Wandsworth householders?

• Reference: 2004/0335-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What tangible benefits will the residents of Merton receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Merton householders?

• Reference: 2004/0336-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What guarantees have been received from Government that the transport infrastructure will be funded sufficiently, without putting an extra burden on London's tax payers, should London win the bid?